Tea-kettle, &amp; c.



No. 638,64I. Patented Dec. 5, |899. W. MCAUSLAND.

TEA KETTLE, Buc.

(Application lled Aug. 4, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lVlLLIAM MCAUSLAND, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE REED d: BARTON CORPORATION, OF SAME PLACE.

TEA-KETTLE, sbc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,641, dated December 5, 1899.

Application tiled August 4, 1899. Serial No. 726,126. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MCAUSLAND,

of Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tea-Kettles, dec., of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tea-kettles, coffeeurns, water pitchers, and similar vessels which are arranged to tilt upon trunnions or 1o other supports in pouring; and its object is to provide a vessel of this class which while free to tiltin its frame when on the table and in condition for pouring may be locked on its tilting supports, so that in transporting the device it may be conveniently carried by its own bail with its subjacent supporting-frame instead of having to carry it by its supporting-frame, which is both an awkward operation and one liable to tilt and spill the con- 2o tents of the tilting pot.

Figure l is a side view of a tilting kettle with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan View of one side. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of the looking device open, and

z5 Fig. 4 a similar view of the same closed.

A is the tilting pot, having two trunnions ct and Ct on each side resting in seats b b' in the supporting-frame B and adapted to be tilted thereon, as indicated in dotted lines.

3o The forward seats b are arranged to extend lup iu front and slightly over the tops of the forward trunnions a, so that the trunnions cannot come out by a direct vertical movement, but have to be inserted and removed by an oblique motion. The rear seats b for the trnnnions open vertically, but have beside them a locking-catch. (Shown in detail in Figs. 3 and 4.) This consists of a circular housing or case O, having a circular annular 4o passage-way opening at each end on opposite sides of the trunnion-seat and containing a curved circular sliding locking-bolt d, having a projecting handle D. This handle is near one end of the locking-bolt and projects ra- -dially therefrom, vbut has on one side a portion of the locking-bolt CZ projecting beyond the handle far enough to enter the annular passage-way, and thus lock the upper end of the bolt when the handle is thrown forward, 5o as in Fig. 4. When the handle is thrown into this position, the rear trunnion is completely inclosed and locked by the bolt d, and

as the forward seat will not allow its trunnion to rise in a vertical path it will be seen that the kettle and the frame B are rigidly locked together, and the kettle and its supportingframe may both be carried by the bail of the kettle.

I am aware that a tilting vessel has been arranged on two trunnions on each side, one 6o of which was arranged in whollyinclosed bearings and the other in open bearings to permit tilting, and that a rotary sliding journal-lock is also not broadly new. My invention is distinctive in that the trunnionbearings on both sides are open, so that the kettle can be entirely removed from its bearings and yet is capable of being locked in both front and rear bearings by a single locking-bolt and a single adjustment. For this 7o purpose the front trunnion-bearings have an upwardly-projecting and overhanging eX- tension, which when the rear bearings are open allows the kettle to be removed bodily y from its bearings and yet locks the front bearings Whenever the rear ones are locked. My invention is also distinctive in the special form and arrangement of the' rotary lockingbolt in relation to the other parts.

Having t-hus described my invention, what 8o I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a supporting-base having two open trunnion-seats on each side, the front ones extended up and partially over 8 5 the position of the trunnions; of a receptacle having two trunnions on each side, and a locking device arranged to secure one of the rear trunnions in its seat substantially as described. 9o

2. The combination with a supporting-frame having on each side two open trunnion-seats with an overhanging extension for the front seats; of a tilting receptacle having on each side two trunnions mounted therein, and a casing connected to the supporting-frame at the rear trunnion-seats and having a circular channel-way partially inclosing the trunnionseat, and a circular rotary sliding lockingbolt arranged therein to inclose the trunnion roo and having a handle substantially as and for the purpose described.

provided with a handle located somevdistance I' having on each side two open trunnion-seats from the end of the bolt to permit the latter with an overhang-ing extension for the front to project far enough to ent-er the channel-r Seats; of a tilting receptacle having on e'aeh Way when in locked position substantially as 5 side two brunnions mounted therein, a casing described.

connected to the supporting-frame and hav- XVILLIAM MCAUSLAND. in g a ciroularehannel-Way partiallyinelosing the rear trunnion-seat, and a circular rotary 3. The combination with a supporting-frame Vitnesses:

THEO. P. HALL,

sliding locking-bolt arranged therein and I HERBERT O. WOOLLEY. 

